KUCHING, April 12 (Bernama) -- The first vote in the 10th Sarawak state election will be cast tomorrow as police and security forces personnel take to the ballot box first with three days to go to polling day (Saturday).
Postal voters number 18,363 of the 979,796 on the electoral roll.
The next 72 hours will see campaigning going into overdrive as Barisan Nasional (BN) defends its ground against the opposition spearheaded by Peninsular-based DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said today that the BN would win more than two-thirds majority on Saturday because bumiputeras continue to back the government.
Taib, who is Sarawak BN chairman, said that he also sees some change in Chinese-dominated so-called black areas and older Chinese voters were more serious about weighing the community' representation in the government.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is national BN chairman, and his deputy, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, will continue with their offensive in the interior Dayak areas and Chinese urban towns.
They are scheduled separately to swing by Miri where the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), the Chinese component of the state BN, is locked in an intense fight for the Chinese-dominated seats here against the DAP.
Among the seats is the Piasau constituency which being defended by SUPP president Tan Sri Dr George Chan.
The Prime Minister is also scheduled to visit Sibu before returning to Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Meanwhile, Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM), which is making its debut in the election with 10 candidates, said Sarawakians should not vote for the opposition front of DAP, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and PAS.
Party vice-president Huan Cheng Guan of the Penang-based PCM said if the opposition front took over Sarawak, the parties involved would import their people to Sarawak to "cari makan" (for bounty).
He said the DAP had done the same thing in Penang when they won the state in the 2008 general election and treated the locals badly.
Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohmad Salleh said another 250 permits were issued in the last 24 hours and he again reminded the political parties not to touch on racial sensitivities.
MySinchew 2011.04.13Postal voters number 18,363 of the 979,796 on the electoral roll.
The next 72 hours will see campaigning going into overdrive as Barisan Nasional (BN) defends its ground against the opposition spearheaded by Peninsular-based DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR).
Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said today that the BN would win more than two-thirds majority on Saturday because bumiputeras continue to back the government.
Taib, who is Sarawak BN chairman, said that he also sees some change in Chinese-dominated so-called black areas and older Chinese voters were more serious about weighing the community' representation in the government.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who is national BN chairman, and his deputy, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, will continue with their offensive in the interior Dayak areas and Chinese urban towns.
They are scheduled separately to swing by Miri where the Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), the Chinese component of the state BN, is locked in an intense fight for the Chinese-dominated seats here against the DAP.
Among the seats is the Piasau constituency which being defended by SUPP president Tan Sri Dr George Chan.
The Prime Minister is also scheduled to visit Sibu before returning to Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Meanwhile, Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM), which is making its debut in the election with 10 candidates, said Sarawakians should not vote for the opposition front of DAP, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and PAS.
Party vice-president Huan Cheng Guan of the Penang-based PCM said if the opposition front took over Sarawak, the parties involved would import their people to Sarawak to "cari makan" (for bounty).
He said the DAP had done the same thing in Penang when they won the state in the 2008 general election and treated the locals badly.
Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Mohmad Salleh said another 250 permits were issued in the last 24 hours and he again reminded the political parties not to touch on racial sensitivities.
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